Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that, the voters seem unconvinced. Armed with the same mailing lists that proved so effective in the Proposition 14 campaign, CLEAN collected almost 600,000 signatures to put Proposition 16 on the November ballot-nearly one-third more than were needed. No one is surprised that the proposition is being supported by many a candidate for the state legislature, men who tend to hear their constituents loud and clear. As one high elective official in Southern California puts it: "If you say you're against CLEAN, you automatically become a 'dirty.' " According to a statewide poll taken...
...find them and bring them back. They sent several cars around the state and picked up supporters who were eligible to vote. A busload of eligible voters was picked up in El Paso, and one man came from a town south of Mexico City just to cast his ballot...
Well aware of the danger of ballot stuffing, the government watched the polls closely. Premier Ky stepped in twice to halt ballot rigging by province chiefs, and indeed his own nephew, running for a seat in coastal Vung Tau, was defeated. Clearly, the generals paid heed to the warning of Major General Nguyen Due Thang, who heads the "revolutionary development" (pacification) program, and also was in charge of running the elections. Thang said: "We have to do this right, or we may never have another chance. The people will never believe us again if this is not a free election...
...When the balloting started, Myers, 50, seemed one of the least likely winners in a field of eight. But as a deadlock developed among liberals, moderates, and a minority of conservatives, Myers took on strength as a compromise choice. He was elected after midnight on the ninth ballot by the required majorities of both the 180 diocesan clergymen and the 500 lay delegates...
...devoted all its energies to beating the drums for a turnout. Up and down Viet Nam, provincial drama teams mixed dragon dances with information skits and election slogans spreading the word. Sample slogan: "Voting is an honor of a citizen in an independent country." On TV, announcers folded the ballot, and dropped it into a box. Caravans of sound trucks rolled through smaller towns, and Radio Viet Nam belted out songs with lyrics like, "If we want to win the war, we must go to vote." As campaign lyrics go, it was remarkably close to the truth...